Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'lumberjocks'

We’re beginning this new year with big news. LumberJocks, as well as HomeRefurbers and GardenTenders joined Escalate Media few days ago.
I know this is a really big surprise to you, it still is for me, and I want to share with you the history behind this decision…
This was easily the hardest decision I had to make in my life so far and I’m still full of mixed feelings but I also believe that it is a change for the better that had to happen sooner or later. LumberJo...

Our new Create&Share Challenges are opportunities to share ideas, tips, and techniques. We invite you to participate, even if it is to post a “don’t try this because look what happened when I did it” tip.
Kitchen Treasures“Create & Share” a handy-dandy kitchen item and share the building process in a blog. The item may be a cutting board, a spoon, spurtle, or some other useful or decorative item for the kitchen. We love creativity and we don’...

The results are in and it’s time to officially announce the winners of the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards. The winning projects were selected from the 53 “Birds of a Feather” submissions in an online voting held from August 1 to August 7. 119 votes were cast during this period. And here are the winning projects…
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Winner – 180 points – $500 Cash Prize
Runner-Up – 161 points – $200 Cash Prize
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Hey Everybody!
Okay, so after the completion of my last project with pallet wood, I have turned my attention to an issue, my current embarrassment of an entertainment center.
To be fair to myself, this was one of my first projects, it had doors, had a coat hanger pole, and was actually a dresser.
But since we have moved, it is causing a bit of a clutter and is incredibly imposing. So what bett...

The results are in and it’s time to officially announce the winners of the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards. The winning projects were selected from the 93 “Art of Joinery” submissions in an online voting held from February 1 to February 7. 148 votes were cast during this period. And here are the winning projects…
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1st Place – 214 points
2nd Place – 139 points
3rd Place – 132 points
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Tis the season to think about children around the world and to build something special for our 2012 LumberJocks' Winter Awards Event.
This year, we encourage you to “release your inner child” and create a a special project that children will enjoy. As always, we are looking for not only the skills involved in the build but the creativity as well. Be sure to describe your project as this is an important component of the Awards selection process which will be done by your fel...

We’re continuing our special 20,000 LumberJocks Celebration Giveaway. Here’s a brief description of this Giveaway from the original post: We will have one new LJ shirt owner every day for the next 20 days. First ten will be randomly selected from 100 most active members while next 10 will be randomly selected from the remaining 20,000 members.
LumberJocks Shirt Winner for today (Day Nineteen) is: taidsturning
Here’s a list of proud LJ Shirt owners from previous day...

Halloween Challenge: LumberJocks | HomeRefurbers | GardenTenders
That’s right. You’ve been challenged!. You have until the end of the month to build a Halloween decoration for outdoors and enter it in our very first Halloween LumberJocks Challenge. What’s the size? That’s up to you. What’s it made of? Wood, of course (and, yes, you can add non-wood objects to it as needed). We have all seen those cemeteries and skeletons in people’s yards, well we ar...

Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 71 amazing entries in ‘Your Inner Child’ category. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting deadline is on February 7th at 3 PM CDT.
Please note that if you submitted an Awards entry, you will not see your project listed on the voting page. (You are not allowed to vote for yourself.) So don’t panic – others can pick your entry without any problems.
The results will be announced on...

Tis the season to start planning your upcoming summer picnic.
Our 2012 LumberJocks Summer Awards are officially here so it’s time get busy again. As always, we are looking for not only the skills involved in the build but the creativity as well. Be sure to describe your project as this is an important component of the Awards selection process which will be done by your fellow LumberJocks.
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Category: Personal Picnic Butler – ...